After more than a year of development, Ruby on Rails 3 was officially released to the public a few weeks ago. More than just an iterative update, this highly anticipated release was a major refactoring of the popular Ruby framework. Keep reading to learn five of the most awesome new features in Ruby Rails 3.

This is an entry-level tutorial for those new to both Ruby and to Rails. It will give you an overview of what both are (and aren't), how to get started with RoR development, and how to make your first website with RoR.

With the launch of two new topics on Good-Tutorials (“Ruby” and “Rails”), I thought it might be good to start at the absolute beginning of Ruby on Rails development, given that a number of Good-Tutorials visitors are probably completely new to the language and framework. This will give you an overview of Ruby, Rails, installation, and offer a number of links to start you out with your Ruby on Rails development.

An unobtrusive login system is one that gets out of the user’s way. It will make your application nicer and more polished. This article will guide you through the process of setting up user logins, then ajaxifying the process by moving the form into a modal box that communicates with the server.

The unfortunate part about learning a new language or technology is that there's typically little focus on security matters. Rails gives you a lot of time-saving helpers and methods, but you still need to understand where your app might be vulnerable. This is a quick overview of protecting your code against SQL injection attacks and cross-site scripting exploits.

Ruby is a one of the most popular languages used on the web. We’ve recently started a new screencast series here on Nettuts+ that will introduce you to Ruby, as well as the great frameworks and tools that go along with Ruby development. In this chapter, we’ll take a look at creating our own Ruby classes.